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UATGHBRS MITT. No. 540,631. Patented Junell, 1895.

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ALBERT F. BURTT, OF AsHLAND, NEw HAMPSHIRE, AssIeNoRTo DRAPER & MAYNARD,OF SAME PLACE.

CATCHERS MITT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 540,631, dated June 11,1 895. Application filed November 2, 1894. fierial No. 527,695. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT F. BURTT, of Ashland, in the county ofGrafton and State of New Hampshire, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Catchers Gloves and Mittens, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to an improvementin'catchers gloves and mittensand has for its object to so construct the heel of the glove or mittenthat it can be readily opened or closed to enable the player to changethe pad without injury to the outside of the glove or mitten. Theclosing devices will be so positioned as to be out of contact of thewrist of the player.

The invention consists in certain novel features of construction andarrangement of parts which will be fully hereinafter described andparticularly pointed out in the claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings and the charactersmarked thereon, which form part of this specification, like charactersdesignating like parts or features, as the case maybe, wherever theyoccur.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a catchers gloveembodying my invention. Fig. 2 is an end view thereof. Fig. 3 is asectional view of part of the end flaps, showing the lacing-cords inposition.

The glove A, the pocket 00 for the hand of the catcher, and theattachment 9, are of the usual form and construction. The wrist or buttof the glove is provided with an opening closed by two flaps a. asecured tothe front and back side respectively of the glove. These flapsare provided with holes 0. arranged to register with each other when theflaps are in closed position. These flaps are substantially equal to thethickness of the glove, and lie, when in closed position, side by side,with the flap a inside the flap 0,. To secure these fiaps'toge'ther andthus close the opening in the end of the glove or mitten, a lacingcord 1) is run back and forth through the holes a as shown in Fig. 3,and secured at its ends by a knot, or in any desired way.

Attention is especially called to the construction and arrangement ofthe flaps and their accessories, the lacing holes a and the manner inwhich the lacing cord is placed in said holes. It will be observed thatthe flaps are integral; that the holes are at a substantial distancefrom the edge of the flaps, and that the flaps are each substantially aswide as the thickness of the glove, thus causing them to lap by eachother when the opening in the gloveis closed. Attention is'also calledto the manner in which the cord is passed or run in and out through theflaps, instead of being passed over and over, in'the form of an overcaststitch, which would happen were one of these flapssewed to the edge ofthe glove. The arrangement of the flaps makes it possible to' completelyclose the end of the glove or mitten and prevent any padding fromworking out, while the location of the holes and the manner in which thelacing cord is of necessity placed therein prevents the cord fromcomingin contact with the wrist of the wearer, which would happen werethe cord arranged in the form of a spiral around the edge of the glove,which would take place were one edge of the fiap secured to the edge ofthe glove, as above stated.

- Having thus explained the nature of my invention and described a wayof constructing and using the same, though without attempting to setforth all of the forms in which it may be made or all of the modes ofits use, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A catchers glove or mitt comprising a glove, the parts of which arepermanently secured together, an opening in the butt or wrist end ofsaid glove, over-lapping flaps a and a, secured to the front and backedges respectively of. said glove, at each side of said opening, and'having a width approximately equal to the distance between said edges,said flaps being provided with holes near the rear side of the mitt,arranged to register with one another, and a lacing cord run .throughand through said flaps in said holes whereby said opening may besecurely and completely closed, and the lacing cord placed out ofcontact with the wrist of the wearer, substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses, this 30th day of October, A. D.1894.

ALBERT F. BURTT.

-Witnesses:

CARRIE F. FLETCHER, MABEL F. BOWEN.

